סִבָּה

siba · turn (of events)

Hebrew word · Strong’s number H5438 · appears 1 time in the Bible

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What it means

siba (סִבָּה) is a Hebrew word of the Bible that means “turn (of events)”.

A turn, the course that things take. It comes from the verb "turn around." It appears only in 1 Kings 12:15, which says that the turn of events came from YHWH.

How to say it

si·ba

Approximate pronunciation. Vowels sound as in Spanish (a as in father, e as in bed, i as in machine, o as in note, u as in rule); the syllable in bold is stressed. The voice is your device's.

Related words

Words of the same family, by Strong’s numbering.

Where it appears

  • 1 Kings 12:15

    So the king did not listen to the people, for it was a turn of events from YHWH, so that he might confirm his word that YHWH had spoken through Ahijah the Shilonite to Jeroboam son of Nebat.